Free Falling

Summary: When Jamien decides to take on STAG, a typical carjack turns out to be anything but. Now he faces one of the hardest decisions of his life, whether or not he should let his hostage go.

STAG Party

Shaundi
kept her pistol aimed at Josh Birk's head. She hoped he'd give her
the excuse to just shoot him; he would be better off dead. She
crossed her legs, her purple polyester pants made a noise protesting
the movement against the black suede couch she sat on. It gave Josh
an excuse to look at the woman yet again. She was exotic, like a
leopard. Her auburn hair was pulled back into a high ponytail,
allowing a stray strand to tease the side of her face. She was
slender with tanned skin, like a model. She looked Italian or
Spanish. Josh had a thing for models. He was also a bit masochistic.

A
few feet away from them sat Pierce and Oleg, whom were playing chess.
Pierce looked like a typical black posh gangster, and Oleg looked
like a typical huge bodyguard on steroids. If either were considered
typical. Pierce slid a small chess piece across the board and looked
at Oleg, who didn't take his eyes off the board.

"Put
the gun down." Josh broke the silence. "I won't run."

Shaundi
scoffed a bit, her gun hand not moving an inch off of its target.
"Yeah, I'm good."

Shaundi
stilled. "What?" That
one word was laced with disbelief and disgust.

The
man leaned towards her, his coffee colored strands of hair catching
the sun. He gave her his best smoldering look, willing her to fall
for his charm. "Forbidden love."

"Oh
my God, can I just shoot this guy?" Shaundi looked at Pierce and
Oleg.

"Play
nice, now." All four heads turned to see
the leader of the Saints descending the stairs. Jamien's eyes gave Shaundi a
clear warning, but his smile was playful. "You got the stuff,
Pierce?"

Oleg
and Pierce both reached down for a dark green duffel bag that sat at
their feet, but Oleg got to it first. "Allow me, friend."
He dropped the bag on the chessboard, scattering pieces everywhere.

"You
did that on purpose." Pierce frowned. Oleg gave an innocent
shrug.

"Alright,
let's go STAG hunting." Jamien picked up the bag.

Downstairs,
there were two Saints cars parked at the curb, both painted harlequin
purple, one a two door Sovereign and the other a four door Infuego.
"Think you can pick a fight with STAG by yourself?"

Jamien
tossed a surprised look to Pierce, who was moving towards the sports
car. "Oh, you're not coming?" He approached his Infuego.

Pierce
shook his head. "Going to pick up a surprise for STAG. You know
how to use a Molotov?"

Jamien
cut his eyes at his new second-in-command. "Yes, Pierce."
He said dryly, "I know how to throw a fucking bottle." He
got in the car and slammed the door hard enough to shake the car.

"Jesus,
I was just askin'." Pierce watched the car pull away.

Jamien
never had much patience to be a responsible driver but, as he drove
to the STAG PR Center, he had just enough patience to not hit anyone.
Driving on the correct side of the street was another matter... As he
expected, the building was surrounded by STAG officers either
standing around with their guns out and ready or sitting in their
mini-tanks, N-Forcers, waiting to shoot. And it had started out as a
pretty day...

Jamien
noted the STAG recruit advertisement stretched across the building,
split into two banners. He smiled. "Oh, these banners have to go
on principle. A few Molotovs should do it." As soon as the first
Molotov left his hand, bullets started flying. Jamien heard the sound
of metal hitting metal, but paid little attention to it. His first
throw missed the banner, instead breaking over a STAG officer's head,
who was engulfed in flames. "Shit." He sighed, ran closer,
and tried again. His second attempt torched one half of the banner. A
bullet connected with his shoulder and he staggered, but caught
himself. As the senior-most member of the Saints, he'd built up a
phenomenal tolerance for pain. Sucks
for them... Another
flaming bottle connected with the second half of the banner and
Jamien was done. He smiled, proud of himself. Now all he had to do
was go back to the penthouse. He took out his phone and hit one
button, speed dialing Oleg, the big Russian brute. "Oleg,
they're on the way. We ready?"

"Yes,
be careful not to set off the bombs when you get close. I'll be
monitoring STAG's approach from our security room." The line
disconnected. Jamien made a mental note to hang up on the next person
he called or who called him. 'Rude bastards.'

He
turned around to find his getaway car surrounded by his armor clad
enemies. "Ah. Fuck." Instinct drove him to reach into his
jacket and throw a hand grenade at them. Good news? That promptly
killed all of those troublesome STAGs. Bad news? That also killed his
shiny gang car. "FUCK!" Once again, Jamien would have to
make his escape on foot. He contemplated stealing an N-Forcer, but
there were too many STAG officers to take out to successfully get
into one. "Oh, come the fuck on! Gimme a break here!" The
wind picked up, causing him to shield his eyes from the dirt it
carried, bringing his attention to the street behind the flaming
wreckage that had been a perfectly good car. "Oh, yeah..."
He immediately made a run for it. He darted past and around the
remaining (and shooting) STAGs to the busy intersection. He narrowly
missed being run over by an elderly lady driving a Churchill, who
seemed to be more interested in what station she would listen to than
pedestrians she could possibly kill. The second car showed more
promise. It was going in the opposite direction that he needed to go,
but it was newer and faster, an all black Neuron. "Eh, it'll do,
I guess." Jamien shrugged and dashed across the street, coming
to a stop in the path of the car.

The
driver slammed on her brakes and began honking angrily. He ran to the
driver side, broke the window with his elbow, opened the door and
yanked the woman out. "Oh, how sweet. You kept it running for
me." The young woman sitting in the passenger seat started
screaming but Jamien ignored her. "Thanks!" He jumped over
her and into the car, which had started rolling down the street. He then floored it, tires screeching.

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